Deploying an Addon Collection

To deploy an addon it must be rolled-up into an add-on Collection. A collection is a single zip file that contains all the resources for one or more addons. For this example we will first make a small add-on, then create the addon collection for it.

To Create a simple Addon

If you already have an add-on to deploy, skip this step

Log on to the admin site and open the navigator to Navigator >> Manage Addons >> Advanced >> click on Add-ons

Click Add to create a new addon

Fill in the following

Set the name to Hello World

Set the HTML field to "Hello World"

Click the Placement tab and click "Place on Pages"

Click OK

Test Your add-on by editing any page and selecting it from the add-on menu. It will render as Hello World.

Create a Collection for your add-on

Log on to the admin site and open the navigator to Navigator >> Manage Addons >> Advanced >> click on Add-on Collections

Click Add to create a new Collection

Fill in the following

Set name to Hello World Collection

If your addon has any files that need to be included, add them in the resources tab. For instance, if you created a DLL called helloWorld.dll, add "helloWorld.dll" in the executable file list. If your add-on(s) needs the image "myImage.jpg" in the images folder of your website, add "/images/myImage.jpg" to the www File List.

Click OK to save the collection.

Now go edit your add-on and select "Hello World Collection" for it's collection.

Deploy the Collection

Use the Collection Manager to install the Collection Exporter if it is not already under Tools.

Open the Navigator to Tools >> Export Collection

Select your Hello World Collection and click OK.

Save the resulting .zip file

If you have created a Visual Studio Windows Library (DLL file), drag and drop it into the zip file as well.